Differential exhumation in response to episodic thrusting along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau

Tectonophysics

Volumn 280, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 239-256

  Arne, Dennis ^a,f   Worley, Brenton ^b   Wilson, Christopher ^b   Chen, She Fa ^b   Foster, David ^c   Luo, Zhi Li ^d   Liu, Shu Gen ^d   Dirks, Paul ^e  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Chengdu Institute of Technology   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fission track dating; Longmen Mountains; Tibetan Plateau

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FISSION TRACK ANALYSIS; OROGENESIS; THRUSTING;

CHINA, TIBETAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0031408613     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00040-1     Document Type: Article

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